Car-door fastener.



J. HORNAGY.

CAR DOOR FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 10, 1915.

1,171,047. Y Patented Feb. 8,1916.

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J. HORNAGY.

CAR DOOR FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED Nov. 10, 1915.

1,17 1,047 Patented Feb. 8,1916.

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THE COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH co., WASHINGTON, D. c.

JOI-Ihl HOBNAGY, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

can-noon FASTENEIR}.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN HoRNAG-Y, a

subject of the Emperor of Austria-Hungary, residing at Cleveland, in thecounty of'Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in .Car- Door Fasteners, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in cardoor fasteners.

The primary object 'of'the invention is the provision of a fastener orlock for a sliding car door, the same being arranged for actuationwithout the employment of a" key but in a peculiar manner not easilydiscernible' by a person unfamiliar with'the look.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a safety hold-fastdevice for a door giving the substantial appearance of an ordinary haspfastener, but designed for retaining the door in its closedpositionuntil mechanically actuated in a particularmanner.

This invention also designs 'to provide a swinging hasp upon adoor, thesame having a revoluble keeper or staple provided with a spring actuatedrotation-preventing means which may be released only upon the exertionof pressure ata designated point adj acent the staple and the devicebeing also provided with a blind turn-knob.

Withthese general objects in view and others that will appear as thenature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in thenovel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out inthe appended claims. r I J In the drawings forming a [part of thisapplication and in which like designating characters refer 'tocorresponding parts throughout the several'views:Figure 1 is a sideelevation of a freight car showing the sliding door thereofin its closedposition and provided with the present device. Fig.

I 2 is a horizontal sectional view thereof. Fig.

' with the door open and the cover plate of the device removed. Fig. 4is an elevational view. of the inner or rear side of the lock' casindoor. Fi .5. is a vertical lon itudinal sectional view of the devicepositioned uponthe car side and taken upon a plane "longitudinally ofthe doorfjamb. Fig. 6 is Specification of Letters Patent.

cover plate secured thereto.

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Patente Fel'o.8,1916.

Application filed November 10, 1915. Serial No. 60,784.

a perspective view of the forward side of the door jamb. Fig. Tis aperspective view 7 of theside of the door jamb having the Figs. 8 and 9-are respectively'front and rear perspective views of' a portion of thecover plate removed, Fig. 10 is a perspective view of the keeper lockingplatedetached. Fig. 11' is a perspective view of the-actuating spring.forjthe locking plate, and Fig. 12 is a perspective view of the keeperstaple detached. While the present device is designed for employment insecuring any form of door in its closed position, the same is especiallydesigned for use in connection with sliding doors and is hereinillustrated as a retaining means for'the sliding door 10 of a A doorjamb 12 is arranged adjacent one end of the door opening 13 of the car11 and is adapted to be contacted by the adjacent'edge of the door 10when the door is in -its closed position. A cover plate-14: is arrangedupon the door jamb 12' slightly projecting over the door opening 13,thus overlying the adjacent edge of the door 10' when the latter isclosed as best illustrated in Fig. l of the drawings.

A swinging hasp 15 is carriedby the door '10 andisprovided with atransverse slot 16 therein adapted for the reception of a keeper orstaple '17 rotatably carried by the plate 14. The keeper 17 is of theform best illustrated in Fig. 12 of the drawing and is pro- 1 vided withan annular groove 18 at a point rearwardly of the hasp '16 whenv theshaft 19 of the keeper is'projected therethrough,

and a swinging retaining bar. 20 is carried by the rear face of theplate 14L and is provided with a slot 21, the side walls of whichare'received withinthe said groove 18 for preventing the removal of thekeeper, al-

though allowing the same to rotate freely.

A screw 22 is removably positioned through a perforation 23 of theplatelet and extends through the bar 20 and into the 'jamb 12 forretaining the said bar against any swinging movement for releasing thekeeper.

A plurality of bolts 24 are secured V the plate 14c and door j amb12 andextends through'the adjacent sideof the car for retaining the beam andplate in position. 1 When the keeper 1'? ispositioned verti-' cally asoperatively arranged, the slot 16 of thehasp 15.may be positionedthereover, and

through the keeper 1'7 turned horizontally. A pin 25 is readily placedthrough the keeper 17, while a sealing wire 26 is attached to the pin 25and retained in any desired manner as by the usual seal 27. A block 28is mounted upon the side of the car 11 adjacent the beam 12, while achain 29 is connected at one end to the said block 28 and at its otherend-to the said pin 25, thus preventing a loss of the said pin when notin use although allowing its free operation in connection with the hasp15.

The shank 19 of the keeper 17 is provided with a terminal squaredportion 30 and the said shank is arranged projecting through atransverse perforation 31 of the jamb 12 with the squared portion 30thereof extending within a recess 32 in the adjacent side of the car. Alocking plate 33 is positioned within the said recess 32, being pivotedupon a pin 3% and having a slot 36 in one side thereof adapted to bereceived on the squared portion 30 of the keeper shank and therebypreventing the rotation of the keeper 17.

An operating spring 36 is positioned within a V-shaped socket 37 in thejamb 12 j and bears against the outer thin wall 38 of the said socketwhich wall is in the form of a resilient strip and normally heldoutwardly against the adjacent edge of the block 28 by the said spring36*. The spring 36 is of double V-shaped formation having an innerspring portion 39, the spring 36 being formed of a single piece ofresilient metal bent upon itself and having its opposite ends lyingsubstantially in parallelism.

An operating pin 40 is carried by the locking plate 33 and is positionedbetween the parallel ends of the spring 36 as best illustrated in Fig. 3of the drawings, wherein it will be seen that the inner spring portion39 normally retains the locking plate 33 engaged with the keeper shaft19. I

From this detailed description of the device, it will be readilyunderstood that when the door is locked as illustrated in Fig. 1, theseal 27 may be'broken and the pin 25 released. The keeper 17 howeverwill be retained against rotation by the locking plate 33and lyingtransversely of the slot 16 of thehasp 15, the door will stillremainlocked. The pin 25 may then be employed as a-lever and a projection ilof the block 28 utilized as a fulcrum as best illustrated in Fig. 3 ofthe drawings, and the wall 38 depressed against the action of the spring36 and thus moving the locking plate 33 by means of its pin 40 to itsreleased position by disengaging the hook 35 thereof from the squaredend 30 of the keeper 17, whereby the said keeper may be given a quarterturn to position the same vertical and allowing the removal of the hasp15 therefrom. A turn knob 42 is carried by the cover plate 14: for

misleading a person unfamiliar with the lock construction into theerroneous assumption that the same constitutes a lock releasing device.The locking operation is accomplished in substantially the reversemanner by positioning the hasp 15 upon the keeper l7 and then depressingthe side 38 and turning the keeper to its locked position and thereafterinserting the pin 25 and applying the seal and wire thereto.

While the form of the invention herein shown and described is what isbelieved to be the preferred embodiment thereof, it is nevertheless tobe understood that minor changes may be made without departing from thespirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

What I claim as new is 1. A lock comprising a rotatable keeper, aswinging hasp provided with a receiving slot for the said keeper, apivoted locking plate having a slot in normal engagement with the saidkeeper, a positioning spring for the said plate, and a resilientdepressible wall in engagement with the said spring.

2. A look comprising in combination with a door and a stationary door jamb therefor, a swlnglng hasp upon the said door having a transverseslot therein, a cover plate upon the said jamb, an elongated keeper forthe said hasp journaled through the said plate and ,j amb and removablyattached to the said plate, a rotationpreventing locking plate for thesaid keeper pivoted to the inner side of the said beam, an elongatedkeeper for the said hasp journaled through the said plate and j amb andremovably attached to the said plate, a rotation-preventing lockingplate for the said keeper pivoted to'the inner side of thesaid jamb, thesaid beam having a socket adjacent the. opposite side thereof providinga thin resilient outer exposed wall, an operating pin carried by thesaid plate and projecting within the said socket, a spring positionedwithin the said socket and resiliently engaging the said wall and pin,for retaining the plate in its locked position, a stationary fulcrummember positioned adjacent the said resilient wall, and a depressingoperating lever for' the said wall.

4. A lock comprising in combination with a door and a stationary doorjamb therefor, a swinging hasp upon the said door having a transverseslot therein, a cover plate upon the said jamb, an elongated keeper forthe said hasp journaled through the said plate and jamb and removablyattached to the said plate, a rotation-preventing locking plate for thesaid keeper pivoted to the inner side of the said j amb, the said j ambhaving a socket adjacent the opposite side thereof providing a thinresilient outer exposed Wall, an operating pin carried by the said plateand proj ecting Within the said socket, a spring positioned Within thesaid socket and resiliently engaging the said Wall and pin for retainingthe plate in its locked position, a stationary fulcrum member positionedadjacent the said resilient Wall, and a combined keeper and cotter andoperating lever for the said depressible Wall carried by the adjacentside of the car.

5. A lock including a rotatable keeper having a shank angular incross-section for a portion of its length, and spring-pressed meansengageable With said angular portion to prevent rotation of the keeper.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

* JOHN HORNAGY.

Witnesses:

ALEX GRAD, 7 Jos. 'MARsoHALL.

Copies of this patent may be obtainedfor five cents each, by addressin-gthe Commissioner of. P atents, Washington, D. G.

